Mark W. Everson

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Mark W. Everson commissioner of the IRS

Mark W. Everson (born September 10, 1954) is the current Commissioner of Internal Revenue, serving as head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States.

Everson received his bachelor of arts in history from Yale University and masters of science in accounting from New York University's Stern School of Business. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to a five-year term and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 1 May 2003 as the 46th commissioner since the position was created in 1862.

From August 1, 2002 until his confirmation, Mr. Everson served as deputy director for management for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He chaired the President's Management Council, which is composed of cabinet department and major agency chief operating officers. The council is charged with improving overall executive branch management, including implementation of the President's Management Agenda. Before becoming deputy director for management, he served as controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, also a part of OMB.

Prior to joining the Bush administration in August 2001, he was group vice president of finance at SC International Services, Inc., at the time a $2 billion privately owned, Dallas-based, food services company with leading market positions in both airline catering and home meals. For 10 years, from 1988 until 1998, he was an executive with the Pechiney Group, one of France's largest industrial groups. While with Pechiney, he held various financial and operating positions in the United States, France and Turkey.

Mr. Everson also served in the Reagan administration from 1982 until 1988 holding several positions at the United States Information Agency and the Department of Justice, where he was deputy commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. While at INS, he oversaw implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, landmark legislation providing for sanctions against employers hiring illegal immigrants and granting amnesty to qualifying illegal immigrants.